My Favorite Game Intros

Who can't forget the first time they played Ocarina Of Time?
Firing up the N64. Hearing the galloping of Epona's hoofs as the melancholy, yet beautiful tune begins to play as Link, on steed, rides into the dawn.
It was magic.

Game intros can leave leave a lasting impression on you, whether you realize it or not. First impressions can really be everything. Especially when dealing with that good old feeling of video game euphoria.

Here are some of my favorites...

GURU Passes

(July 17, 1966 – April 19, 2010)


I hate to post another passing, but Keith Elam AKA GURU, one half of Gang Starr, lost his bout with cancer yesterday.

To hip hop lovers, he was a legend.
To gamers, he was the voice of 8-Ball in GTA3.

Prayers go out to his Family.

My Favorite Video Game Music: Genesis Edition

The Sega Genesis. I didn't get one of my own until way later, and when I finally did, a year later our house was robbed and the crooks took off with my SNES and Genesis. Not to mention all the games for both systems. And oh yeah, my Super Gameboy and all my Gameboy games. "Sigh"...so is life.

So my brief time with my own Genesis and the time I had spent with others, has left me with quite a few fond memories of the game music.
Well, there is that and the fact that Sega likes to port their old games over and over again.
And now the best blips and beeps of The Sega Genesis.

My Favorite Video Game Music: 8-Bit Era

Oh the days of my youth.
In a way I have no regrets about never wanting to go outside and play all that much. Of course, I did go out quite a bit before "She" came into my life...
...good ole NES.

Video games in the NES era aren't all brightly colored sprites and princess saving. It takes a lot of talented people to put together a video game. In honor of the men and women who composed the sounds of my childhood, here I'm posting my favorite NES music of the 8-Bit era.
Enjoy!

"It's like a death...a death in the family"

(January 4, 1962 – April 14, 2010)


Hand me a bass. Chances are I will play you the opening to "Black No.1". Hell, I'll even sing it and everything. It comes natural and 99.9% of the time it never fails, I will play it.

When I heard this morning of the possibility that Peter Steele passed away, I immediately dismissed it as another one of his sick jokes. After all, no media outlet that covered the "rumor" even had the balls to post it as fact. He has all played us for fools before. When it sunk in that it might actually not be a hoax, I got a little sick to my stomach. When I found out that news of his passing was in fact true, I felt as if a part of my teenage years had passed away with him.
Peter Steele was more than just another singer from a band that I liked.

I wanted to be him.

Nujabes

Jun Seba was an amazing artist. On February 26 of this year the artist known as Nujabes was killed in a car crash near the Shuto Expressway in Shibuya.
Known mostly for his music on "Samurai Champloo", Jun Seba had an amazing ear for mixing down-tempo hip hop beats with jazz.
Upon learning of his tragic demise, I have been seeking out his music. Posted here are just some of his non Samurai Champloo stylings that I have found on Youtube.